URD CREATES ORIGINAL CURRENT SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR SPECIFIC CLIENT NEEDS
Short for United Research and Development, URD stands true to its name as the leading inventor in the field of current sensor technology in Japan.
The company has developed sensors that can detect changes in electric current, a functionality crucial in managing devices from heaters and fuel cell batteries to solar panels and semiconductors.
“We always take the opportunity to hear out our customers and invent original current sensor products that satisfy client requirements in a timely manner and with the highest degree of quality,” says Kyuta Owase, president. “Our philosophy is based on the principle of inventiveness, which is at the centre of our corporate mindset.”
For nearly half a century, URD has been developing among the most reliable current sensor and converter products for companies such as Kyocera, Toshiba, Omron, Hitachi, Fuji Electric and Honda Motor. The technology specialist has a wide range of sensors for devices that use alternating or direct current. Its current sensors are used to prevent breakdowns in heaters linked to temperature controllers. The products also protect fuel cell batteries and solar power cells from reverse power flows while providing precise electric current measurements for semiconductors.
More than 90 per cent of sales go to the Japanese market, but URD will develop more customised current sensor technologies for batteries and solar cells to support its expansion in North America and Europe. The technology expert will also raise the revenue share of Asia to 20 per cent in the next 10 years. With fresh applications in high-frequency current sensors for semiconductors, URD eyes larger exports to Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Malaysia.
“We are open to opportunities for collaboration in producing and selling our products in markets outside Japan,” Owase says. “We offer win-win relationships with partners as we express a mutual sense of gratitude with our customers, subcontractors and suppliers.”